176, Report:
#195965
Posted Date:
Sep 06 2007
Circuit City Ripoff Restocking Fee on Defective Item Portland Oregon
This story is pretty much a rerun of Fred's story in Virginia except I actually got a defective product. I bought a Toshiba Laptop from Circuit City last week. I was aware of the restocking fee on opened items. Several days after I got the laptop it started shuting down by itself. Y...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
177, Report:
#271366
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2007
Circuit City Fraud - Paid $1,300 for empty box! ripoff Durham North Carolina
I paid $1,269.00 for 10.2 MP Nikon SLR cameras only to find that the camera was not in the box. Every piece and part that belonged with the camera was there. everything but the camera body. Explains why the box actually felt heavy enough when I bought it.
The clerk at the return...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
178, Report:
#267581
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2007
ANTOnline DISHONEST COMPANY, They Claim they have a liberal return policy, THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT RETURNS IF YOU OPEN BOX, EVEN ON DEFECTIVE MERCHANDISE! ripoff Roswell Georgia
Company also sells through Amazon. They claim in their online information that they have a liberal return policy. (Their return policy is not to accept anything for return.)
If you purchase something from them and don't open the box or break or remove the tape that seals the box...
Entity
ANTOnline
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
179, Report:
#264669
Posted Date:
Aug 02 2007
Circuit City Misrepresentation of product lying poor customer service and no respect for customer Ripoff Encinitas California
My 23 year old son purchased a 48 in plasma tv open box from circuit city based on the information that it was a store model. He paid 500.00. It ended up not having the remote or the mounting bracketts that it was suppose to so the store manager allowed the circuit city protection ...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
180, Report:
#264378
Posted Date:
Jul 31 2007
Gateway & E-Machines Computers Gateway 7510GX Notebook PC Is Junk, Bad Motherboard, Barely Used It, Gateway Refused To Fix It W/O Cost Irvine California
I spoke with Gateway Reps Cassie, Badge GWEL5539, and, Philip, Badge GWEL8218. Neither cared that the Gateway Notebook Model # 7510GX that I bought 1 1/2 years ago from a shady distributor of theirs, TigerDirect, failed miserably after light use (approx. 500 hrs). They both offere...
Entity
Gateway & E-Machines Computers
Categories: Computer Manufaturers
181, Report:
#261055
Posted Date:
Jul 20 2007
Best Buy Sold Defective Product Germantown Maryland
On July 4, 2007, I purchased a 42 Sharp Aquos HD LCD TV. It was a floor model, and had no box. The total cost was $1889. I need to add that I have MS which plays into the time frames in the scenario since I need assistance to lift or carry anything since I have balance problems. ...
Entity
Best Buy
Categories: TVs & VCRs
182, Report:
#259036
Posted Date:
Jul 06 2007
Buy.com ripoff Horrible customer service powerless to override BS return policy when error was theirs Buying from them is a mistake Internet
Buy.com shipped me a recertified GPS. Although recertified is not a word, I figured that it meant refurbished in some sort of deceptive marketing language, and I was fine with that.
When I received the item, the security tab was peeled back as if someone else had bought it and r...
Entity
Buy.com
Categories: Buying Clubs
183, Report:
#254639
Posted Date:
Jun 15 2007
Wesaveyou$ Sold used merchandise as new refused to refund a bad sale rip-off ebay store Wooster Ohio
I purchased a camera tripod on eBay from a member named wesaveyou$, the listing had a long list of purchasing rules such as we are not liable for anything that may go wrong. This list of terms looks like a legal document it is difficult to understand.
This listing has a fuzzy pi...
Entity
Wesaveyou$
Categories: On-Line Stores
184, Report:
#241958
Posted Date:
Apr 02 2007
Compudirect Bait & Switch, Misleading. Deceptive Advertising ripoff WILLOUGHBY Ohio
Compudirect tried to sell my mother A Dell 2005FPW Monitor. It was misleadingly advertised as a new open box with a 3 year warrantee. Price was much lower than other vendors. The ad was purposely deceiving, and my mother fell into the ad trap. The monitor arrived as a refurb wi...
Entity
Compudirect
Categories: Computer Mail Order
185, Report:
#240230
Posted Date:
Mar 22 2007
Overseas Electronics is not trustworthy! Chicago Illinois
A few years ago I ordered a 220 volt food processor from this company. We live and work for Embassies overseas so this is a better voltage for us. The unit cost $106. This company sent us the wrong name brand of the product in an open box with missing parts and it barely worked. ...
Entity
Overseas Electronics
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
186, Report:
#299
Posted Date:
Mar 16 2007
Circuit City Stores Selling Returned Merchandise As New! Oklahoma City, Texas, Atlanta *EDitor's Comment
My company which is located in 11 cities buys over $100,000 worth of merchandise a year from the Circuit City stores. My company staff at one store in Atlanta noticed that merchandise had been consistently defective and the products were from opened boxes or boxes that were carefull...
Entity
Circuit City Stores - W. Allen McCollough - President
Categories: Audio & Electronics Shops
187, Report:
#217800
Posted Date:
Mar 05 2007
PANASONIC WORTHLESS WARRANTY & BOGUS CUSTOMER SUPPORT Ripoff Secaucus New Jersey
I purchased a open box Panasonic SCDP1 combination AM/FM Stereo & DVD player from CIRCUIT CITY and was assured that the unit was an OK display unit and that it carried the full 1 year PANASONIC warranty. Near the end of the factory warranty the unit malfunctioned and when I returne...
Entity
PANASONIC & CIRCUIT CITY
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
188, Report:
#233654
Posted Date:
Jan 31 2007
Idea Village Products - Clever Clasp Clever Clasp Jewelery ripoff Fairfield New Jersey *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account!
I ordered (1) set at $14.99 plus S&H of around $5 but when I got my credit card report back they deducted $188 for (9) unordered sets. They bait you by not telling you that if you get out of a screen & put in your credit card info that you will be charged for every screen you enter ...
Entity
Idea Village Products - Clever Clasp
Categories: Corrupt Companies
189, Report:
#227685
Posted Date:
Dec 29 2006
Best Buy Black Friday product discounts are really ripoffs Miami Florida
I like millions of others decided to take part in Black Friday. I was suprised yet delighted my local Best Buy advertised laptop computers as low as $399. Other price points advertised were $499, $599 and up to $1999. Knowing full well, there would be no $399 at the store when I ...
Entity
Best Buy
Categories: Audio & Electronics Shops
190, Report:
#227624
Posted Date:
Dec 28 2006
Circuit City - City Advantage is a ripoff do not honor warranty sell faulty merchanidise and say it was buyers risk Nationwide
We purchased an AKAI Plasma TV from Circuit City in March of 2005. It was an open box purchase, which means someone else had returned it, and it was offered to us at a lower rate since it was not technically brand new. We also purchased the $250 city advantage protection plan as an ...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: TVs & VCRs
191, Report:
#219485
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2006
CIRCUIT CITY OPEN BOX SCAM ARTISTS. PROMISE PRODUCT IS LIKE NEW AND UNDER FULL FACTORY WARRANTY WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE A LIE ripoff OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma
We've all heard the story from the sales reps that the shelf model is fine and under full factory warranty and that the unit you are buying will perform just like it came fresh out of the box. My open box purchase of a PANASONIC model SC-DP1 combination am/fm stereo DVD player was ...
Entity
CIRCUIT CITY
Categories: Stereos
192, Report:
#219848
Posted Date:
Nov 10 2006
Marty Fike ,Consumer Depot, Bargaindepot04, Retundealz04 SWdiscounts, Surplusdealz05 Ebay seller with deceptive business practices Now Attorney general after him Nashville Tennessee
1 Tenn. Code Ann. ?? 47-18-101, et seq.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NASHVILLE
STATE OF TENNESSEE, ex rel. )
PAUL G. SUMMERS, ATTORNEY )
GENERAL, )
)
Plaintiff, )
)
v. ) No.
)
CONSUMER DEPOT, LLC and MARTIN )
RANDOLPH...
Entity
Consumer Depot (aka) Bargaindepot04 (aka) Retundealz04 (aka) SWdiscounts (aka) Surplusdealz05
Categories: Internet Fraud
193, Report:
#214893
Posted Date:
Oct 11 2006
Circuit City Selling defective merchandise and then not standing behind warrantees Ripoff Appleton Wisconsin
What is your complaint?
We purchased a 35 tv on March 17 of 2006 from Circuit City. We were told, even after requesting a new set in a box, that the one on the shelf was the only one they had and they didn't know when they would be getting anymore. We even asked if they had a 36...
Entity
Circuit City
Categories: Audio & Electronic Retail Stores
194, Report:
#208357
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2006
House Of Ludington; Historic House Of Ludington Deception , no personnel on site, room keys left in open mailbox, potential safety issues, Escanaba Michigan
The following is a copy of an email to the hotel, which has not received a reply:
About a month ago, I reserved a room at your
hotel for this past weekend (8/18-8/19/2006), by telephone, with a very polite gentleman. He told me that the hotel had a full service restaurant, newly d...
Entity
House Of Ludington
Categories: Personal Services
195, Report:
#204678
Posted Date:
Aug 20 2006
CompUSA, OPEN BOX RIP OFF SCAM.... THAT GOT ME FOR $17,000.00 Webster Texas
Here is how it went:
01. They sold me a defective computer on an open box special.
02. I brought it back two days later and they asked me if I purchased the extended warranty. I said NO...
03. They told me that there was nothing they could do for me.
04. Their return polic...
Entity
CompUSA
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
196, Report:
#200704
Posted Date:
Jul 13 2006
Baby Age ripoff false advertising innapropriate behavior by CS rep and manager Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania
Baby age Complaint
6/7/06 Placed order with www.babyage.com for a baby stroller with bassinet as pictured. When package arrived via UPS, the box was very light and not what I expected to be the weight of a baby stroller. I opened the box along the tape line and pulled out a sea...
Entity
Baby Age
Categories: Baby Products
197, Report:
#191780
Posted Date:
May 16 2006
Haband ripoff Eatonton Georgia
Never, never, never buy from Haband again! Ordered some goods, value $50, order came too late but more importantly the box came split open on two sides, top was open and box was crushed and both USPS and DHL noted they had received it damaged. Open the box, no packing to protect a...
Entity
Haband
Categories: Corrupt Companies
198, Report:
#190375
Posted Date:
May 08 2006
First Impression Hydroderm First Impression Hydroderm ripoff false deceptive advertising Culver City California
I ordered a FREE sample of First Impression Lip product and only had to pay the S & H of $3.95 which was charged to my charge card. The following month I was charged $69.00 for the FREE product. When I called First Impression Hydroderm customer service, I informed them that I would...
Entity
First Impression Hydroderm
Categories: Corrupt Companies
199, Report:
#185111
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2006
NETDROPSHIPPER.COM RIPOFF FRAUD LIARS LOSERS ETC. DO NOT ISSUE REFUNDS INTERNET
I AM ONLY WANTING my 50 bucks back-lots less then anyone else-lol. or the item given back.. they had for same a dvd player stating open box. on their site it stated open box was just that-opened box-BUT NOT USED. lol YEA RIGHT! DVD PLAYER AND USED REMOTE? THAT DOES NOT WORK-WITH ...
Entity
NETDROPSHIPPER.COM
Categories: On-Line Business
200, Report:
#177396
Posted Date:
Feb 22 2006
Peter Leshaw - Open Box Prices ripoff 20gb iPods without warranties heavily scratched bad click wheels MP3 player Apple refuses to refund or replace Hollywood Florida
I have purchased iPods from Peter in the past, but this time he has completely lost my trust in him and his business practices. His Web site says All of our products are brand new. We keep our prices low by selling previously returned items that have been un-opened or un-used. ALL ...
Entity
Peter Leshaw- Open Box Prices
Categories: Miscellaneous Electronics
